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E. P. S. HOYT May 25, 1937.

BOOK Filed Nov. 18, 1935 INVENTOR Ethel PSJ-loyt I xv Z ATTORz IPatented May 25, 1937 "UNITED stares QFFEQE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to book covers and particularly to book backs.

The object of the invention is to provide a book bound with aninexpensive material and combined with back-paneling of a difierentmaterial giving a pleasingfinished appearance of a more expensivebinding.

In the drawing Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective view a book embodyingthe invention, and

Fig. 2 is a. transverse sectional View.

In this book 2 the covers 3 and back 4 are bound in a usual material,such as cloth or paper, having a uniform color and texture. The back 4has the title 5 and authors name 6 and spaces 1, 8 and 9, which in theoriginal binding may be blank or marked with wording or decorativelinmg.

In the book back of this invention these spaces 1, 8 and 9 havesuperposed on them strip overlays as shown at i2, i3, M and i5proportioned and marked to give a paneled efiect. These strips are of adifferent material, such as leather or imitation leather, and areapplied by cementing to the binding material of the back. Preferably,these strips are gold lined as indicated at I? or otherwise decorated tosimulate the appearance of leather binding, and the result gives anappearance similar to that of a leather bound book with cloth or paperpaneling, some of these panels 5 and 6, for instance, carrying wordstampings and other panels I8, for instance, being blank.

This gives a novel pleasing efiect at low cost and permits the ordinaryrun of bindings to be easily recast in new and distinctive design. Ifdesired, one of the strips, preferably the lowermost one, may be markedwith the name or initials of the owner or other designation aiding inidentification and insuring return of a loaned volume.

The strips may be made in different colors for difierent branches ofliterature-novels, history, philosophy, etc., and preferably will bemade in continuous ribbons and furnished as rolls to be cut to desiredsize to correspond to the thickness of the book to which they areapplied. They may also be cut to desired Width of the strip itselfdepending upon the spacing to be given to the successive panels.

I claim:

A book completely bound and back-stamped for sale and distribution andhaving separately,

attached to its back over its original binding a series of thin flexiblestrips of a binding material which is continuous, imperforate andself-supporting and in contrast with the material of the originalbinding, said strips being dimensioned and positioned at the top, bottomand intermediate portions of the book back above and below the backstampings presenting the original binding material as bin-dings bearingthe back-stampings and giving the back of the book the appearance ofhaving a binding of the attached strip material.

. ETHEL P. S. HOYT.

